That Was Me lyrics - Blue Oyster Cult
You see those bullet holes in highway signs
That was me
When you see a broken bottle of real fine wine
That was me
When a woman weeps at a window
Turns all shiny black widow
Think of me
Was done by me
Yessiree
That was me
You'll feel me in the urban breeze
I'll be there when the moment's seized
I'm the saddened man that the ladies tease
Yeah, my darlin', that is me
Oh yeah, it's still me
That was me
When you see a slowly spreading crack
That was me
And when nothing else is left intact
That was me
When you come across a burning shack
When you're following the bloody tracks
Think of me
'Cause that was me
Yessiree
Think of me
You'll feel me in the urban breeze
I'll be there when the moment's seized
I'm the saddened man that the ladies tease
Yeah, my darlin', that is me
Whoa yeah, it's still me
That was me
My own life is a clutter of regrets
Way too big for the door
Can't get 'em out of this house yet
Only breaking down these walls
You'll feel me in the urban breeze
I'll be there when the moment's seized
I'm the saddened man that the ladies tease
Yeah, my darlin', that is me
Oh yeah, it's still me
That was me
That was me
It's still me
Yeah, that was me
It's still me
Oh yeah, that was me
Box In My Head lyrics - Blue Oyster Cult
You say you wanna know me
Want me to open up
You'd like to see inside me
Taste the contents of the cup
I'm gonna give you a chance
To open me up and see
Just step around behind me
And take this ivory key
Do you see the keyhole
In the back of my head?
Put the key in gently
Like a lover in bed
Turn the key my darling
Open up that little door
See the silver box there
Wonder what it's got in store
There's a box in my head and inside is a box
And that box has another box within
There's a box in my skull (box), my skull is a box
And there's room for us both
To go in there, a box in my head
And inside is a box, another box within
There's a box in my skull (box), my skull is a box
And there's room for us both
To go in
Reach into the cabinet
That people call a skull
Is the glass half empty
Is the skull half full
Watch out for the mousetrap
Careful of the hooks
Pull the box out carefully
Hold your breath and look
Is it a disappointment
To find another box?
Don't you give up easily
You'll have to pick the lock
Open up enigmas
You'll find mysteries
There you'll finally find me
When you reach eternity
'Cause there's a box in my head and inside is a box
And that box has another box within
There's a box in my skull (box), my skull is a box
And there's room for us both
To go in there, a box in my head
And inside is a box (box), another box within (yeah)
There's a box in my skull, my skull is a box
And there's room for us both
To go in
Tainted Blood lyrics - Blue Oyster Cult
We danced among the mortals blind to their despair
As the sweet scent of certainty fills the midnight air
I offer first taste to my love as is our way
Tainted blood, she cries and dies, my whole world fades away
No one to wipe my bloody tears
The life we had for 200 years
Put a stake through my heart, throw me out in the light
Do whatever it takes to end this endless night
Without her there's nothing for me
Make the sign of the cross, wrap me in silver chains
Do whatever it takes to end my pain
Without her eternity is misery
Throughout the many years our lives were oh so sweet
But this tainted blood has taken everything from me
No place for me within this world, the dance is done
No reason to remain, you were the only one
No one to wipe my bloody tears
The life we had for 200 years
Put a stake through my heart, throw me out in the light
Do whatever it takes to end this endless night
Without her there's nothing for me
Make the sign of the cross, wrap me in silver chains
Do whatever it takes to end my pain
Without her eternity is misery
No one to wipe my bloody tears
The life we had for 200 years
Put a stake through my heart, throw me out in the light
Do whatever it takes to end this endless night
Without her there's nothing for me
Make the sign of the cross, wrap me in silver chains
Do whatever it takes to end my pain
Without her eternity is misery
Put a stake through my heart, throw me out in the light
There's nothing, nothing for me
Make the sign of the cross, wrap me in silver chains
Put a stake through my heart, throw me out in the light
Make the sign of the cross, wrap me in silver chains
Put a stake through my heart, throw me out in the light
Nightmare Epiphany lyrics - Blue Oyster Cult
Dahlia floated like chimney ash
Up into a shredded sky
It was raining acidic trash
On the moon there crawled a fly
Burning Teslas were driving by
At their wheels, evil clowns
And from the darkness there came a howling
And somehow it called her down
(Our nightmare) Our Nightmare Epiphany
(Our bad dream) Our Nightmare Epiphany
Then she saw him howling fury
As he struggled with elastic chains
And his parents smiled coldly
As they shackled him down again
There were leeches that were spiders
And spiders that were flies
The very stones that were his teachers
Laughed in Mockery
Then sweet Dahlia reached out to him
And she tried to pull him free
But the fallen angels that ran the place
Enfolded him with monstrous glee
(Our nightmare) Our Nightmare Epiphany
(Our bad dream) Our Nightmare Epiphany
(Our nightmare) Our Nightmare Epiphany
(Our bad dream) Our Nightmare Epiphany
Then Dahlia woke in clinging sheets
Her fever broke but the dream remained
She couldn't forget it though a season passed
She wouldn't let it slip away
And then she met him down at the mall
On the edge of the parking lot
Seems that he went to her school
She was popular, he was not
"I remember" (He told her then)
"I'll never forget the dream of chains
You tried to help me, tried to descend
Offered me something besides my pain
And now I've found you
In this concrete world
That only fools believe exists
See I knew that you belonged to me
In my nightmare epiphany"
(Our nightmare) Our Nightmare Epiphany
(Our bad dream) Our Nightmare Epiphany
(Our nightmare) Our Nightmare Epiphany
(Our bad dream) Our Nightmare Epiphany
Edge Of The World lyrics - Blue Oyster Cult
How many truths can you hold on to?
How many lies have you been told?
How many times have you been under
Another system of control?
Trusting everything you read
Lost in your conspiracies
I want to believe
Cover-ups and blacked-out lines
Everything is classified
Follow me down the rabbit hole
You want the facts? Now listen to me
Only the truth can set you free
Meet me at the edge of the world
To watch it all burn
Forget what you learned
Meet me at the edge of the world
To watch it all burn
You'll never return
The second time I was abducted
I tried so hard to stay aware
With all their evil drugs coursing through my veins
I lost my inhibitions to the darkness in their stare
Trusting everything you read
Lost in your conspiracies
I want to believe
Cover-ups and blacked-out lines
Everything is classified
Follow me down the rabbit hole
You want the facts? Now listen to me
Only the truth can set you free
Meet me at the edge of the world
To watch it all burn
Forget what you learned
Meet me at the edge of the world
To watch it all burn
You'll never return
Meet me at the edge of the world
To watch it all burn
You'll never return
Meet me at the edge of the world
To watch it all burn
Forget what you learned
Meet me at the edge of the world
To watch it all burn
You'll never return
Meet me at the edge of the world
To watch it all burn
Forget what you learned
Meet me at the edge of the world
To watch it all burn
You'll never return
You'll never never never return
Edge of the World
I want to believe
Edge of the World
Edge of the World
I want to believe
Edge of the World
The Machine lyrics - Blue Oyster Cult
I remember the first time I saw you
I couldn't believe my own eyes
You were cold to the touch but I needed you so much in my life
Oh you showed me a world full of wonder
Your voice held all of the answers I sought
When I lost my way you never lead me astray or so I thought
But when I take a look around and everybody's looking down
And I think they're nothing like me
And when I tried to turn you off you just remind me you're the boss
And I cave
I'm a slave to the machine
Now we're living the dream
Eyes never leaving the screen
Floating away in a stream
To the machine
You're the first thing I see every morning
Your soft glow bids me good night
You sing to me and in darkness you bring me the light
You send a little chill through my body
Just to remind me you're there
If I left you behind I would move mountains to find you anywhere
But when I take a look around and everybody's looking down
And I think they're nothing like me
And when I tried to turn you off you just remind me you're the boss
And I cave
I'm a slave to the machine
Now we're living the dream
Eyes never leaving the screen
Floating away in a stream
To the machine
But when I take a look around and everybody's looking down
And I think they're nothing like me
And when I tried to turn you off you just remind me you're the boss
And I cave
I'm a slave to the machine
Now we're living the dream
Eyes never leaving the screen
Floating away in a stream
To the machine
Now we're living the dream
Eyes never leaving the screen
Floating away in a stream
To the machine
Train True (Lennie's Song) lyrics - Blue Oyster Cult
Well, I was standing on the train tracks on a midnight blue trying to remember where I left my shoes and in a natural way, my thoughts returned to you
So I walked into a honky-tonk jukebox saloon to reflect on my losses and rock to some tunes
I thought it all through then I figured out what to do
I'd start working for the train, train, feedly-dang
Feedle-otten deeten-do dangy-do
Feedle-otten deeten-do ding-train-true
I started working for the train when I was looking for you
Sprung from the ward
Steel brainpan, pity pity
Looked you up in Freehold for a face that I could trust
The foreman said you'd left out in some kind of a state He pointed at the office it was already late
I smoothed down my hair and went to talk to the boss He was weary, short-tempered and had one eye on the clock
He said I had just seconds to make my case I put one hand on his shoulder
And stuck the other in his face
And I said:
"Feelings, feelings, are somewhat symptomatic of societal abrasions that conform electric static."
He said, "Son, I don't think you have that much of a brain."
I said, "You've got to have a brain when you're working for the train."
It's a long run to Trenton when you start about five Some folks are tired and hungry some are barely alive
But when that engine starts pumping those familiar tones I don't care where the train is going 'cause I'm already home
I spent a long year
Dancing up and down that aisle
Pestering my savior just to
Let me see your smile
The salesman was drunk
My training shot to the fore
I put my shoulder in his gut
And knocked his samples on the floor
And I said:
"Feelings, feelings, are somewhat symptomatic of societal abrasions that conform electric static."
He said, "Sir, I don't think you've got that much of a brain."
I said, "You've got to have a brain when you're working for the train."
The Princeton Junction depot
Is straight known to be staid
They wear hound's-tooth and khaki
Most have already paid
I looked under my visor my heart stopped like it got froze lipstick like a sixties Vette and polish on your toes
You had half of a smile watching me shakin' like a hound as triumph seized my body missing love had been found
And I said:
"Feelings, feelings, are somewhat symptomatic of societal abrasions that conform electric static.
She said some folks say
You don't have much of a brain."
But you've got to have a brain
'Cause you're working for the train."
Train, train, feedly-dang
Feedle-otten deeten-do dangy-do
Feedle-otten deeten-do ding-train-true
I started working for the train when I was looking for you
I whooped and called "Metuchen"
As I stepped through the door I put my hands around your hips and kissed you then and ever more
And I said:
"Feelings, feelings, are somewhat symptomatic of societal abrasions that conform electric static.
She said some folks say
You don't have much of a brain."
But you've got to have a brain
'Cause you're working for the train."
Train, train, feedly-dang
Feedle-otten deeten-do dangy-do
Feedle-otten deeten-do ding-train-true
I started working for the train when I was looking for you
Train, train, feedly-dang
Feedle-otten deeten-do dangy-do
Feedle-otten deeten-do ding-train-true
I started working for the train and now I've finally found you
I've finally found you
I've finally found you
I've finally found you
The Return Of St. Cecilia lyrics - Blue Oyster Cult
Well she weren't so little
And she wasn't really nice
We all thought she was a goner
'Til she was sighted once or twice
Pretty as a picture
But the picture finally cracked
Her whole world got dead and buried
Now she's come a-crawling back
Cecilia
Cecilia, I never dug your trip
Cecilia
Cecilia! Is that a vaper on your lip?
Saint C
Y'know it's time you faced the news
Cecilia
Blessed lady, nobody ever dug your blues
Back back
Back back. You slipped the cracks
Click clack. My God she's back on track
CeeCee
CeeCee, why'd you paint us black?
Look back
All the time you stabbed our back
(And that's a fact)
How she ever got her sainthood kind of never made no sense
There were two strikes in her favor and eighty-eight strikes against
Squandered her credentials guzzling canned heat with the boys
She said she heard sweet, sweet music
But all she was hearing was noise
Cecilia
Cecilia, I never dug your trip
Cecilia
Cecilia! Is that a vaper on your lip?
Saint C
Y'know it's time you faced the news
Cecilia
Blessed lady, nobody ever dug your blues
Back back
Back back. You slipped the cracks
Click clack. My God she's back on track
CeeCee
CeeCee, why'd you paint us black?
Look back
All the time you stabbed our back
(And that's a fact)
Cecilia, is that you
Or just a shadow?
Cecilia, tell me true
We heard you got your head bust out in Colorado
Goodbye Cecilia, my friend
If I ever should see you
It won't be the end
Stand And Fight lyrics - Blue Oyster Cult
A fiery light in the middle of the night took away all that we knew
The surviving few knew what they must do with nothing left to lose
They came from the north they came from the south, unlikely brothers forced to unite This ragtag crew gathered and grew, against all odds they must fight
Stand and Fight it's do or die
A call to arms, it's you and I
Stand and fight, for victory
We're gonna make our own history
Into the fray, as battles rage
They fought together as one
The colors fade, they only see shades
Of dirt, of bone, of blood
They came from the east, they came from the west, finally turning the tide
And in this place, the human race found the will to survive
Stand and Fight it's do or die
A call to arms, it's you and I
Stand and fight, for victory
We're gonna make our own history
Hey hey hey hey hey hey
Stand and Fight it's do or die
A call to arms, it's you and I
Stand and fight, for victory
We're gonna make our own history
Stand and Fight it's do or die
A call to arms, it's you and I
Stand and fight, for victory
We're gonna make our own history
Stand and Fight, hey hey
Stand and Fight, hey hey
Stand and Fight, hey hey
Stand and Fight, hey hey
Stand and Fight
Stand and Fight
Florida Man lyrics - Blue Oyster Cult
Should you settle down in the Sunshine State
You should know of its tangled fate
How the conquistador came to Florida
Long before it had a name
The medicine man of the Seminole
Knelt by the sacred flame, and cursed the soul
Of the conquistador
And his son, and his sons, and the young ones...
Of the Florida Man
Florida Man (Florida Man)
Florida Man (Florida Man)
Florida Man (Florida Man)
Florida Man
Down at the mall, where the boas crawl
Ted makes love to a concrete wall
His brother Red said his Uncle Ned
Found Elvis in a loaf of bread
(Florida Man!)
High on meth there's little Beth
The neighbor's cat is on her breath
(Florida Man!)
Dan dreams he's got red wings of fire
He's waking an' shaking on a power wire
Florida Man (Florida Man)
(He's cursed)
Florida Man (Florida Man)
Florida Man (Florida Man)
Florida Man
Slim sees his face on a moonlit wave
He grabs a shovel, and digs his own grave
(Florida Man!)
Lee hates plate glass, he drives right through it
Said Alice's caterpillar made him do it
(Florida Man!)
A Miami nurse snatches a purse
And drives down the freeway in reverse
(Florida Man!)
Phil asks the cops to test his drugs
After they find him hiding under a rug
Florida Man (Florida Man)
Florida Man (Florida Man)
(He's cursed)
Florida Man (Florida Man)
Florida Man
Don't you laugh, it could be you
The Florida curse always comes true
You can jeer but you don't understand
Any fragile soul can be a Florida Man
The Alchemist lyrics - Blue Oyster Cult
I've walked a path of darkness just to open up my mind
I've learned of hidden secrets scattered through the depths of time
And at my father's side I witnessed things I can't describe
"They must be evil!" the people cried
So when the prince went missing and the mob was at our door
The king would not see reason, only vengeance, only war
My father's neck held in his grip until he was no more
But the prince was still alive
And I said
"May never a noble of your murderous line
Survive to reach a greater age than thine."
Because I'm the alchemist creator of your fears
I'm the sorcerer a curse throughout the years
And I won't rest 'til no one's left
The ending of your line
Their lives are a prison of my design
Through the generations they'd forgotten of my vow
But still my will be done, my curse stays stronger even now
A tragic fall, a fatal brawl, all "accidents" each time
"Oh why must the young kings die?"
"May never a noble of your murderous line
Survive to reach a greater age than thine
It was I, the alchemist creator of their fears
It was I, the sorcerer a curse throughout the years
You won't escape your tragic fate
The ending of your line
Your life is a prison of my design
The final king's obsession to escape impending doom
Reached beneath the castle walls where he chanced upon a room
And there he found his enemy, the man who cheated death
And I said with my last breath
"It was I, the alchemist creator of your fears
It was I, the sorcerer. I've waited all these years
And when you pass you'll be the last
A victim of your line
Your life was a prison of my design."
I'm the alchemist, I've lived a dozen lives
I'm the sorcerer, the face of your demise
And from these walls, I've made you all believe this curse of mine
The engineer of all you fear, the terror in your mind
I've sacrificed eternal life for justice for the crime
Our lives were a prison of my design
Secret Road lyrics - Blue Oyster Cult
I wish I could tell you that you'll get a break but there's no way to tell just what it would take one thing
I can tell you is how the world will end it'll end with a whimper and not with a bang
I'm sorry but it's true
I'm so sorry that it's true
Still there's something better for you
There's something better for you
There's a secret road
If God had a heart that touched each and everyone
We would reach for each other instead of a knife or gun
We're like a harvest, our life the staff
Some of us are wheat and some of us chaff
And I'm sorry but it's true
I'm so sorry that it's true
Still there's something better for you
There's something better for you
There's a secret road a secret road
Some people get trapped in the rut and surrender their will
Those people don't make the cut let's hope they ate their fill
Some people make it, they learn the trick
They make it to the song and they rock in the final mix
And I'm sorry but it's true
I'm so sorry that it's true
Still there's something better for you
There's something better for you
There's a secret road a secret road
If you know how to choose
If you're aware enough to choose
There's a secret road for you
A secret road for you
A secret road
There's A Crime lyrics - Blue Oyster Cult
There's a crime going down at my door
Baby, at my door
There's a girl that I know
We don't talk no more
We don't talk no more
There's a crime going down... going down
Going down
There's a passion in her heart that I don't know
That I don't know
There's a feeling in her eyes saying "Please don't go"
"Oh, baby, please don't go"
There's a crime going down... going down
Going down
There's a crime going down
It's a shame that she's gone
I'm gonna miss her so
I'm gonna miss her so
I'm to blame for the crime of robbing her soul
Of robbing her soul
There's a crime going down... going down... going down
There's a crime going down... going down... going down
There's a crime going down... going down... going down
There's a crime going down... going down... going down
There's a crime going down... going down... going down
I'm to blame for the crime
I miss her so
I'm gonna miss her so
Fight lyrics - Blue Oyster Cult
It wasn't that much of a fight
It wasn't anybody's night
It wasn't that much of a fight
That's right
No one heard the bell
There's no story to tell
No one reached into his pocket for the stiletto knife
No bodies fell
It was boring as hell
It wasn't that much of a fight
It wasn't that much of a fight
Nobody went to the light
It wasn't that much of a fight
That's right
No charred timbers smoking
No bottles broken
Nobody running to the glovebox for the stolen gun
No dirty deeds done
It just wasn't that fun
No blood was spilled nobody got killed
No angry words said that could not be taken back
No one at the helm, everyone underwhelmed
It wasn't that much of a fight
Every stone unturned
Every bridge unburned
Every lesson unlearned
No blood was spilled nobody was killed
No one lurking in the shadows with bad intent
No ambulance sent
Not even a dent
It wasn't that much of a fight
It wasn't that much of a fight
Last one, turn out the light
Gil Blanco County lyrics - Blue Oyster Cult
Bad oats In town
The word went out
So my horse and me
We left town
Rode my Palomino down
Rode on down
Have you ever seen the sun rise
In Gil Blanco County
Ever see the pools they got there
It's where the birds go on the Fourth
The Fourth of July
To Gil Blanco County
It's not far, you know
Got caught in a storm
in Gil Blanco County
It rained so hard said Injun Joe
He knows all there is to know
It should wash
the Face of the Earth
and make us clean again
Bad oats In town
The word went out
So my horse and me
We left town
Rode my Palomino down
To Gil Blanco County
It's not far
It rained so hard
In Gil Blanco County
Gil Blanco County
Gil Blanco County
It's not far, you know
Kick Out The Jams lyrics - Blue Oyster Cult
Kick out the jams brothers and sisters.
Well I feel pretty good
And I guess that
I can't get crazy now baby
Cause we all got in tune
In the dressing room
Yeah hazy now baby
Well I know how you like it child
Hot, sweet and tight
The girls can't stand it
When you do it right
When your'e up on the stand
And let me kick out the jams
Yes, kick out the jams
Come on kick'em out
Well I'm starting to sweat
You know my shirt's all wet
What a feeling
And the sound that abounds
And resounds and rebounds
Off the ceiling
Yeah you gotta have it baby
You can't do without
'Cause when you get that feeling
You gotta sound 'em out
Put that mike in my hand
And let me kick out the jams
Yes! Kick out the jams
Com on kick'em out
You know I got to get 'em up
You know I can't
Get enough Miss Mackenzie
Yeah the sounds in my brain
You know it drives me insane
With the frenzy
Well the whailin' guitars
And the crash of the drums
Make me wanna keep-a-rockin'
Till the morning comes
Let me be who I am
And let me kick out the jams
Yes, kick out the jams
Yes, kick out the jams
Yes, kick out the jaaams
I done kicked 'em out
The Girl That Love Made Blind lyrics - Blue Oyster Cult
"I thought your eyes, blue... Oh no, they’re green" she said to me.
We danced in time or didn’t you know?
This dance was
Time.
At the party of astrologers, the Christmas tide was due.
On the way to Aldebaran: the dance, the dream, and you.
Actuals and counterclaims dancing all the time
Dancing in the corridor and the dance was Time...
"I thought your eyes, blue... Oh no, they’re green," she said to me.
We danced in time... or didn’t you know?
This dance was... Time.
At the height of Christmas tide
She found a ghost inside
Give it up or let it ride
She must decide.
Actuals and counterclaims; drugged, reborn, resigned.
The castle stands, the girl remains, and if she’ll spin, it’s packed with eyes
out there in the corridor, caught there in the mirror maze,
from her last and loving glance a waltz, a dance, whose time,
not here,
but gone
was
Time.
So put me to the question, but there’s no return from this castle of mine
for the powers that be, the girl and her dreams, the girl that love made blind.
And that’s the last dream we had upon that night...
The party of astrologers—the Christmas of my life.
Christmas, Christmas, the Christmas of my life...
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